diff --git a/backend/app/services/http_probe.py b/backend/app/services/http_probe.py
index 554de4d..cc109ec 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/http_probe.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/http_probe.py
@@ -25,7 +25,16 @@ _MAX_BODY_BYTES = 64 * 1024
 _TITLE_RE = re.compile(r"<title[^>]*>(.*?)</title>", re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)
 _PROBE_TIMEOUT = 3.0
 # Ports we never bother probing over HTTP (not web services).
-_NON_HTTP_PORTS = frozenset({22, 21, 23, 25, 53, 110, 143, 161, 162, 179, 445, 3306, 5432, 6379})
+#
+# 515 and 9100-9107 are raw printing (LPD / JetDirect). Those are not merely
+# uninteresting: a printer takes whatever bytes land on 9100 as a print job, so
+# a GET line makes it spit out a page of plaintext. Never send them anything.
+# nmap already ships `Exclude T:9100-9107` for the same reason, which is why
+# the -sV pass never triggered this — only our own probe did.
+_PRINTER_PORTS = frozenset({515, *range(9100, 9108)})
+_NON_HTTP_PORTS = frozenset({
+    22, 21, 23, 25, 53, 110, 143, 161, 162, 179, 445, 3306, 5432, 6379,
+}) | _PRINTER_PORTS
 
 
 async def _read_capped(resp: httpx.Response) -> str:
diff --git a/backend/app/services/status_checker.py b/backend/app/services/status_checker.py
index 21dbab1..76b9bf0 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/status_checker.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/status_checker.py
@@ -134,10 +134,17 @@ async def _tcp_connect(host: str, port: int) -> bool:
 # grey (unknown) rather than going red. An open TCP socket doesn't prove the
 # service is healthy, and a closed one flaps red misleadingly (e.g. SSH on a
 # box that simply firewalls 22). Only HTTP(S)-reachable services are checked.
+#
+# 515 and 9100-9107 are raw printing (LPD / JetDirect), and they are here for a
+# stronger reason than the rest: a printer treats any bytes on 9100 as a print
+# job, so a GET line makes it print a page — every 60 s, for as long as the node
+# exists. Node Exporter also lives on 9100 and loses its status check because of
+# this; a grey dot is the cheaper mistake.
+_PRINTER_PORTS = frozenset({515, *range(9100, 9108)})
 _NON_HTTP_PORTS = frozenset({
     22, 21, 23, 25, 465, 587, 53, 110, 143, 993, 995, 389, 636, 445, 514,
     1433, 3306, 5432, 5672, 6379, 9092, 11211, 27017, 27018,
-})
+}) | _PRINTER_PORTS
 _HTTPS_PORTS = frozenset({443, 8443})
 
 
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_http_probe.py b/backend/tests/test_http_probe.py
index e7c171f..2f0817b 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_http_probe.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_http_probe.py
@@ -131,6 +131,31 @@ async def test_probe_port_skips_non_http_ports():
     assert factory.requests == []
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("port", [515, 9100, 9101, 9107])
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_probe_port_never_touches_a_raw_printing_port(port):
+    """Issue #404: a printer prints whatever bytes reach 9100, GET line included."""
+    ctx, factory = _patch_client(lambda req: _response("<title>nope</title>"))
+    with ctx:
+        result = await probe_port("10.0.0.5", port)
+    assert result is None
+    assert factory.requests == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_probe_open_ports_leaves_a_printer_port_alone():
+    """The batch path must skip it too, without dropping the port from the result."""
+    ports = [{"port": 8096, "protocol": "tcp"}, {"port": 9100, "protocol": "tcp"}]
+    ctx, factory = _patch_client(lambda req: _response("<title>Jellyfin</title>"))
+    with ctx:
+        result = await probe_open_ports("10.0.0.5", ports)
+
+    by_port = {p["port"]: p for p in result}
+    assert by_port[9100]["http_signals"] is None
+    assert by_port[8096]["http_signals"]["title"] == "Jellyfin"
+    assert all(":9100" not in str(r.url) for r in factory.requests)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_probe_port_verify_tls_flag_passed():
     ctx, factory = _patch_client(lambda req: _response("<title>X</title>"))
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_status_checker.py b/backend/tests/test_status_checker.py
index 42a3724..dca69c1 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_status_checker.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_status_checker.py
@@ -450,6 +450,37 @@ async def test_check_service_non_http_port_is_unknown():
     mock_http.assert_not_called()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("port", [515, 9100, 9101, 9107])
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_service_never_touches_a_raw_printing_port(port):
+    """Issue #404: a GET to JetDirect/LPD makes the printer print it.
+
+    The status checker runs every 60 s, so a printer approved as a node used to
+    print one page a minute, forever. These ports get no request at all.
+    """
+    svc = {"port": port, "protocol": "tcp", "service_name": "jetdirect"}
+    with patch("app.services.status_checker._tcp_connect", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_tcp, \
+         patch("app.services.status_checker._http_get", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_http:
+        result = await check_service(svc, "10.0.0.1")
+    assert result == "unknown"
+    mock_tcp.assert_not_called()
+    mock_http.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_service_printer_port_named_http_is_still_skipped():
+    """A service_name saying "http" must not talk the checker onto 9100.
+
+    Fingerprinting labels 9100 "Node Exporter", and an override can put any
+    name there — the port decides, not the label.
+    """
+    svc = {"port": 9100, "protocol": "tcp", "service_name": "http-node-exporter"}
+    with patch("app.services.status_checker._http_get", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_http:
+        result = await check_service(svc, "10.0.0.1")
+    assert result == "unknown"
+    mock_http.assert_not_called()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_check_service_ssh_port_22_is_unknown():
     """SSH (port 22) is never checked — keep it grey, not red/green."""